Rachel Vasanthika Rao

Where do I start? Rachel began assisting me with the immigration process for my wife 5 years ago. I've known Rachel for approximately 7 years now. She assisted me through a difficult process (at least I thought it was) and made it so simple. My wife is from Mexico and Rachel helped us through t...he entire process effortlessly. She removed much stress from our shoulders and it was truly a gift from God to have met her and work with her during this process. She's extremely efficient, reliable, honest, and very reputable. I can't recommend anyone better. There are too many "bad" immigration attny's that will take your money and do nothing Rachel is not one of those. I'll never forget the first time I meet with her to discuss the process of my wife's citizenship. She told me she would review the information and decide if she would take on the case. Most attny's would have just accepted right then and there. NOT Rachel, she wanted to make sure that in fact we were doing things correctly and there was no financial gain or misc reason for my wife's citizenship that it was in fact that we love each other and wanted to live together in Miami. Thank you Rachel for always assisting and for being there at a moment's notice!! You truly are the best at what you do!

My wife and I recently used Rachel Rao as our attorney for my green card (permanent resident) application. it was amazing to see how much time and effort Rachel had put into the documentation and evaluation of all the information and application forms that were submitted to USCIS. she did an awesome... job in not only sending the application on time, but also in reviewing the documentation to make sure that everything was taken care of and covered prior to the interview. we had no trouble getting an interview because of the thorough and meticulous work that Rachel had invested in our case. Rachel helped us through each step of the process. From the very beginning in understanding what the application meant as far as travel etc and then also how we could potentially affect work and the legal status, all the way upto the interview. even though we weren't planning on Rachel to be there for the interview, she was kind enough to follow through to make sure we had everything ready and prepared prior to the interview. Thanks to her, we didn't have any issues, I mean no issues at all, and now I will be getting my green card soon! If you want a trustworthy attorney who has the experience and knowledge in immigration, has your interests in mind, and can deliver positive results we would strongly recommend going with Rachel Rao. We had a very good experience working with her. Good luck in your search!

I did not have a great experience with this lawyer. She was not very organized, she did not respect my time and she made disrespectful comments. Every time we agreed on an appointment or the time to follow up, she seemed to have forgotten it, she cancelled, or she simply just complained..oh, I am wor...king on a case, I dont have time that day..!!! ??? of course you re working on a case - I thought .. This became the most frequent frase she would use. Very often, just after I left her office, she called me right back to correct herself and change the document requirements that she had given me regarding the process. She knew that I had to get my documents from overseas. One day after my green card application packet was complete, she told me she forgot that I also need copies of my affidavitt holders ID and they need to sign the paper. She asked if I could get it from all of them by the next day. It felt like she had been doing this the first time. Often I had 3-4 messages on my voicemail with her inconsistent, confusing thoughts, or once even an appointment cancel message that was meant for another client. The main issue was that even if I made it clear for her that I am taking days off from work to meet with her, she cancelled, she didnt have time or she forgot about those days and changed her mind on me. At the end she said that I didnt care about my green card. This made our relationship so tense that she would answer my phone calls like: "What's up"? Even though I tried to stay professional with her. I do not recommend this person to anybody. My case was very easy, everything was in place. I can only imagine how she would handle herself in a more complex case. I feel like I wasted the money , all he trips down to Hialeah and I could have done a much better job myself!